HMS Incendiary (1782)

Incendiary
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Incendiary
BuilderThomas King, Dover
Launched12 August 1782
Honours and
awards
FateCaptured 29 January 1801 and scuttled
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeTisiphone-class fireship
Tons burthen421+6494 bm
Length108 ft 9 in (33.1 m) (overall); 90 ft 7 in (27.6 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 7 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement55
Armament8 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Incendiary was an 8-gun fireship of the Royal Navy. She was present at a number of major battles during the French Revolutionary Wars, and captured, or participated in the capture, of several armed vessels. In January 1801 she was in the Gulf of Cadiz where she encountered Admiral Ganteume's squadron. The 80-gun French Navy ship of the line Indivisible received the credit for the actual capture.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 237.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 378–9.